Catullus 4

Question 1

aequor aequoris n.

Answer 1

level surface; sea; plain

Question 2

āiō

Answer 2

to say (defective), assert; say yes/so, affirm, assent; prescribe/lay down (law)

Question 3

Amastris –is f.

Answer 3

the capital of Paphlagonia, on the South coast of the Black Sea

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anteā

Answer 4

before, before this; formerly, previously, in the past

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aura aurae f.

Answer 5

breeze, breath (of air), wind; gleam; odor, stench; vapor; air (pl.), heaven

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buxifer –era –erum

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producing box–trees (the Buxus yields boxwood, a close–grained hardwood)

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cacūmen –inis n.

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a point, peak; summit

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Castor –oris m.

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son of Tyndareus and Leda, brother of Pollux and Helen; patron of sailors

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celer celeris celere

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swift

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cōgnitus –a –um

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known, noted, recognized

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coma comae f.

Answer 11

hair, tresses

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comō –āre –āvī –ātum

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to be covered with hair or foliage

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Cyclades –um f.

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the Cyclades, the islands grouped around Delos in the Aegean Sea

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Cytōrius –a –um

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of Cytorus, a mountain in Paphlagonia east of Amastris, part of the coastal ridge along the southern shore of the Black Sea

Question 15

Cytōrus –ī m.

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a mountain in Paphlagonia east of Amastris, on the southern shore of the Black Sea

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dēdicō dēdicāre dēdicāvī dēdicātus

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to declare, dedicate

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dextera dextera f.

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right hand

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• ēdō ēdere ēdidī ēditus

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to eject/emit; put/give forth (buds); beget; publish; disclose, tell,

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fretum fretī n.

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straight, channel

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gemellus –a –um

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twin (adj. or subst.)

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Hadriāticus –a –um

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of the Adriatic, as neut, subst., the Adriatic Sea

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erus –ī m.

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an owner, householder, master, lord

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horridus –a –um

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rough, shaggy, trembling

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hospes hospitis m.

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host; guest, visitor, stranger; soldier in billets; one who billets soldiers

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imbuō –ere –uī –ūtus

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to wet, moisten; stain

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impetus impetūs m.

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attack, assault, charge; attempt; impetus, vigor; violent mental urge, fury

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impotens –entis

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powerless; lacking in self–control, hence headstrong, wild, violent, intemperate

Question 28

• incidō incidere incidī

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to fall upon, fall into; happen

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inde

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from that place, from there, thence; from that time, thereupon

Question 30

īnsula īnsulae f.

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island

Question 31

iugum iugī n.

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yoke; team, pair (of horses); ridge (mountain), summit, chain

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lacus lacūs m.

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lake

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laevā

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on the left

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limpidus –a –um

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clear, transparent

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linteum –ī n.

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linen cloth; sailcloth; a sail

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lītorālis –e

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of the shore

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• loquor loquī locūtus sum

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to speak

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mināx –ācis

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projecting; overhanging; threatening; wrathful (> minor)

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natō natāre natāvī natātus

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to swim

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nāvis nāvis f.

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ship

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• nequeō nequīre nequiī/nequīvī nequitum

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to be unable

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nōbilis nōbile

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well–known, illustrious, famous (> nosco)

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opus n. (indeclinable)

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need, necessity, w. abl. of the thing needed

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orīgō –inis f.

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origin, source; birth, family; race; ancestry

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palmula –ae f.

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a small palm; an oar–blade

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phasēlus –ī m.

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a light ship, so–called because of its resemblance to a green bean

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Ponticus –a –um

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of or on the Black Sea

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• praetereō praeterīre praeterīvī/praeteriī praeteritus

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to pass by; disregard, surpass; pass over

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prius or priusquam

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earlier, preceding

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Propontis –idis f.

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the Propontis or Sea of Marmora, between the Black Sea and the Aegean

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quiēs quiētis f.

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quiet, calm, rest, peace; sleep

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reconditus –a –um

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hidden (away), concealed

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Rhodus –ī f.

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the island of Rhodes

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secundus –a –um

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the following; second; inferior; favorable

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seneō –ēre

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to be old

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sibilus –ī m.

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any sibilant sound; hissing, whistling

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sinus sinūs m.

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fold of a garment; lap, bay, gulf

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sīve

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or if; or; [sive … sive => whether … or]

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Thrācia –ae f.

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Thrace, the land in southeastern Europe north of the Hellespont

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trabs trabis f.

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tree–trunk, beam

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trux, trucis

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wild, rough, hard, harsh, savage, fierce, ferocious, grim, stern

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ve

Answer 62

or (postpositive enclitic)

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volō volāre volāvī volātus

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to fly

Question 64

ūsque

Answer 64

all the way, right on; all the time, continuously, at every point, always